
Michael Dunlop opened his 2018 Isle of Man account in incredible style last weekend, with an emotional win in the RST Superbike TT.
The six-lap race marked the start of competition in earnest around the Snaefell Mountain Course; with the last week of action on the 37.73-mile circuit being reserved purely for practice and qualifying sessions.
Unfortunately that hasn’t meant this year’s TT fortnight has been without incident. Tragically Dunlop’s Tyco BMW teammate in the Superbike class - 30-year-old Dan Kneen - passed away after an accident during Wednesday night’s practice session.